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TOKYO (AFP) – Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu said revenge was not on his mind as he named his squad yesterday for the World Cup in Qatar – the scene of his country’s biggest football heartbreak. Former Barcelona youth star Takefusa Kubo and Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma were among the 26 players named as Japan prepare to […]
AP – Halloween treats have a tricky problem: plastic packaging that’s difficult to recycle. As America loads up on an estimated 600 million pounds of candy for Halloween, a handful of companies are trying to make it easier to recycle all those wrappers. But they acknowledge their efforts are only making a small dent and […]
CNA – Shell Eastern Petroleum, a unit of oil giant Shell, said yesterday it has acquired Asia-based waste oil recycling firm EcoOils to expand its biofuels production. The company will completely take over EcoOils’ subsidiaries in Malaysia and a 90 per cent stake in its Indonesian subsidiaries through the deal, Shell Eastern said in a […]
MORBI, INDIA (AFP) – Divers searched for more bodies yesterday after the collapse of a recently renovated suspension bridge killed 134 people in western India, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting the disaster site. Questions also grew about the possible cause of the catastrophe at Morbi, in Modi’s home state of Gujarat, on Sunday. Nine […]
ANN/JAPAN NEWS – Extracting rare earths from mud in the seabed 6,000 metres undersea is being considered by the government. Domestic procurement of such mineral resources, which are essential for the production of electronic devices, is important for the nation to break its dependence on imports of rare earths from China. In 2012, rare-earth mud […]